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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… restoration, the Willa Cather Childhood Home reopened for tours on December 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s 150th birthday. The … and extensive repairs to the windows and doors sealed the building envelope, which will limit exposure to the elements …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 01/18/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics and commentators have increasingly identified … and this was a decision that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic … letters. A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Guided Willa Cather Tours
… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our … one or more of these tours. Guided Willa Cather Childhood Home Tour Understand Cather's Youth The Willa Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/04/2024
Annotations from the Archive: The Willa Cather Childhood Home
… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home as construction work nears completion … many resources from our archive to search for clues about how the house was constructed, updated, and used over … available, but local government officials were concerned about the dangers posed by wire fences , while others …
Posted: 12/03/2023
Last Updated: 12/05/2023
Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023
"Willa Cather and the Counterculture"
… of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … list. Utopian Vistas: the Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture , by Lois Palken Rudnick. pp. 3-68, …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 11/03/2023
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … of the Panic of 1893. Blind Boone, a well-known African American pianist, performs at the Red Cloud Opera House. … McClure’s as Alexander’s Masquerade . Cather tours the Southwest for the first time while visiting her brother …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Willa Cather 150th Birthday Celebration
… and events in Brownville, NE in a celebration of Willa Cather, including: Sunday, October 15 at 1:30 pm – National … arts center, 10 historic sites, and a 612-acre native prairie that make up the largest collection of nationally … designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. LEARN MORE Mary Carrick Mezzo-Soprano Mary Carrick is a …
Posted: 09/10/2023
Last Updated: 10/08/2023
Willa Cather: Life & Literature
… Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center Image Willa Cather, 9, taken in Virginia … the Slave Girl and My Ántonia . MSV members: $5; all others: $10. Please register by October 20. Register at the …
Posted: 09/27/2023
Last Updated: 10/04/2023
Willa Cather and Material Culture: A Sesquicentennial Reflection
… Image Willa's Cradle, by Betty Kort Image Out in the Kitchen, by … Nov 4, 2023 | All day In 2007, photographer and Willa Cather Foundation executive director Betty Kort created … of Willa Cather. Some are too valuable to publicly display, others too fragile, and some fit so neatly into the historic …
Posted: 07/14/2023
Last Updated: 08/30/2023